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#8A67CB

#8a67cb ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8a67cb is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 40.39% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.02% cyan, 49.26% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 261°, with 49.02% saturation and 60% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.88:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 3.26.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.1942

Complementary

  1. #8a67cb
  2. #a8cb67

Split complementary

  1. #8a67cb
  2. #cbbc67
  3. #76cb67

Analogous

  1. #6776cb
  2. #8a67cb
  3. #bc67cb

Triadic

  1. #8a67cb
  2. #cb8a67
  3. #67cb8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a67cb
  2. #cb67a8
  3. #a8cb67
  4. #67cb8a

Square

  1. #8a67cb
  2. #cb6776
  3. #a8cb67
  4. #67cbbc

Monochromatic

  1. #412772
  2. #623aab
  3. #8a67cb
  4. #b6a0df
  5. #e2d9f2

Shades

#8a67cb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a67cb
  2. #7c5db7
  3. #6e52a2
  4. #61488e
  5. #533e7a
  6. #453466
  7. #372951
  8. #291f3d
  9. #1c1529
  10. #0e0a14
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a67cb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a67cb
  2. #9676d0
  3. #a185d5
  4. #ad95db
  5. #b9a4e0
  6. #c5b3e5
  7. #d0c2ea
  8. #dcd1ef
  9. #e8e1f5
  10. #f3f0fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a67cb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a67cb
  2. #896ac4
  3. #886cbc
  4. #876fb5
  5. #8671ad
  6. #8574a6
  7. #84769e
  8. #837997
  9. #827b8f
  10. #817e88
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8173a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #457acf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4d79c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7c7a8f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6873cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6b72ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8273ab ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a67cb {
  color: #8a67cb;
}
Background
.bg-8a67cb {
  background-color: #8a67cb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a67cb {
  border: 2px solid #8a67cb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a67cb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 103 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 261 49% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a67cb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a67cb, #bc67cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a67cb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 103 203 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 3.26 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 3.86 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 6.56 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 7.54 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 8.46 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 8.92 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 9.67 #759834 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Amethyst
#8a67cb  rgb(138, 103, 203)  hsl(261, 49%, 60%)  Amethyst
#a8cb67  rgb(168, 203, 103)  hsl(81, 49%, 60%)  Pistachio
#cb8a67  rgb(203, 138, 103)  hsl(21, 49%, 60%)  Raw Sienna
#67cb8a  rgb(103, 203, 138)  hsl(141, 49%, 60%)  Emerald